20-01-2022 LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was fighting to shore up his premiership on Wednesday amid a revolt by his own lawmakers who are angry over a series of lockdown parties in Downing Street. Propelled into the top job to “get Brexit done”, Johnson in 2019 won his party’s …

20-01-2022 JERUSALEM/ DUBAI/ SANA’A: Israel has offered security and intelligence support to the United Arab Emirates against further drone attacks after a deadly strike by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group, according to a letter released by Israel’s leader. Three people were killed and six wounded on Monday when three tanker trucks …

Hyderabad:Jan 19’2022- The Telangana government on Thursday extended its earlier orders prohibiting rallies, public meetings and processions in the state, among other measures, till January 31 as part of steps to check the spread of COVID-19.The order implementing a temporary ban on political and public rallies or any mass gatherings of …

19-01-2022 Bureau Report LONDON/ NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: An application has been lodged with the British police demanding the arrest of India’s army chief and a senior Indian government official for their alleged complicity in war crimes in disputed Kashmir, the TRT World reported. On Tuesday, law firm Stoke White said …

19-01-2022 TEHRAN/ MOSCOW: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has said his visit to Moscow could mark a “turning point” in bilateral relations between the two countries ahead of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Before departing for the Russian capital on Wednesday for a two-day trip, the Iranian president described …

19-01-2022 Bureau Report KABUL/ ISLAMABAD: In the early hours of each morning, Muhajira rushes in freezing temperatures to a modest bakery in the Afghan capital to wait for warm naan to be distributed. On some days, it is all her family, and the others who have joined the queue will …

19-01-2022 ANKARA: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday he is open to mending Turkey’s frayed ties with Israel following a reported drop in US support for a controversial Mediterranean gas pipeline. Erdogan’s comments follow a year in which Turkey battered by an economic crisis at home has taken steps …

19-01-2022 BENGALURU/ NEW DELHI: When A H Almas, 18, and two of her friends stepped into their classroom on a December morning, the teacher immediately yelled at them: “Get out.” The Muslim girls were not allowed to sit in the classroom because they were wearing Hijab, or headscarf. “When we …

19-01-2022 SANA’A/ DUBAI: A deadly drone attack by Yemen’s Houthis on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has exposed the country’s vulnerability, analysts say, while also jeopardising its reputation as a tourism and business hub and pushing it towards rapprochement with Iran. The attack on Monday targeted a key oil facility …

19-01-2022 BAGHDAD: The threat of worsening violence looms over Baghdad again this week, underscoring the challenges faced by influential Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, the leader of parliament’s biggest bloc, in his stated efforts to form a majority government following October’s contested election. In the latest in a number of attacks …